New Delhi: Another unprecedentedly successful surgery was performed at AIIMS Delhi. A five-year-old boy has undergone complex surgery on a brain tumor. But the child was not made unconscious during the surgery. That is, the child named Akshita has consciously understood her surgery.
Doctors said the surgery was successful. The child is expected to be discharged from the hospital on Monday.According to AIIMS Delhi, the child is the youngest person in the world to undergo such a brain surgery. Never before has such a small child consciously taken the risk of brain surgery anywhere else in the world. According to AIIMS Delhi, this procedure is called ‘Awake Craniotomy’. Five The child was suffering from seizures. After MRI and other necessary tests, doctors found that there was a tumor on the left side of the baby’s head (left perisylvian intraxial). This may make it difficult for him to speak in the future. So it was decided to have surgery quickly. The surgery went on for three hours on January 4 under local anaesthesia.During the surgery, the child was forgotten in many ways. Some simple items, pictures of animals, etc. were shown. Doctors were also checking whether the child could recognize them, whether they could talk properly, in the game. Ice cold saline was used on the brain to prevent seizures during the procedure. During the surgery, the child, a Class 1 student, was shown a picture of Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Whose picture is simple, the child said.
